{{Quote|Kakistos is Greek, itmeanstheworstoftheworst. It's also the name of a vampire so old his hands and feet are cloven.|[[Rupert Giles]]|Faith, Hope & Trick}}

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'''Kakistos, the Father''' was an ancient [[Vampire]] master, apparently of Greek origin. He was portrayed by [[Jeremy Roberts]].

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'''Kakistos, the Father''' was an ancient [[vampire]] master of Greek origin.

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==Biography==

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==Biography==

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After killing [[Faith Lehane]]'s [[Faith Lehane's Watcher|unidentified]] first [[Watcher]], Kakistos traveled to [[Sunnydale]] in 1998 to hunt down the [[Slayer]] herself. With him came an entourage of his minions, most of them fanatical followers led by [[Mr. Trick]], Kakistos' right hand and a modern-minded vampire. Kakistos was finally slain by Faith who overcame her fear of him and impaled a four-by-four through his chest, [[stake|staking]] and killing him.<ref>"[[Faith, Hope & Trick]]"</ref>

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{{Quote|Kakistos is Greek, it means the worst of the worst. It's also the name of a vampire, so old his hands and feet are cloven.|[[Rupert Giles]]|Faith, Hope & Trick}}

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==Personality==

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{{Quote|There's a reason these vengeance crusades are out of style. It's the modern vampire who sees the big picture.|Mr. Trick|Faith, Hope & Trick}}

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===Antiquity===

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Kakistos was an old-minded, traditionalist vampire who reveled in the torture and mutilation of his victims. He seemingly did not approve of modern developments such as the electric light, preferring to light his dwellings with candles instead. He had little interest in modern comforts that would've allowed him to establish a power base with little effort. It was this short-sightedness that led Mr. Trick to abandon his master to be dusted by the Slayers.

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Already old in the time of Greek antiquity, Kakistos had unusually cruel habits regarding his prey. Rather than killing, or even [[sire|turning]] all of his victims, he would often torture female prisoners, driving them mad until they became his servants. These mad women became known as the [[maenads]].<ref name=Malice>''[[Go Ask Malice]]''</ref>

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At some point, the maenads raided the village where [[Artemia]], the [[Slayer]], lived. Although she was away at the time, both Artemia's husband and daughter, [[Malice|Alexandra]], were present during the attack. Her husband was killed in the battle, but Alexandra remained hidden.<ref name=Malice/>

Onthe Father'sorders,bothArtemiaandAlexandrawerecapturedandtormented.Alexandra'smindwas broken, and shemadeadealwith[[D'Hoffryn]]tobecomea[[vengeancedemon]].Shethenusedherpowers to destroythemaenads, and was about to grantArtemiaherdyingwishtodestroytheFatherwhena battle in [[Arashmahaar]] erupted,robbingMalice of her powers. The traces of this wish would remain dormant for thousands of years.<ref name=Malice/>

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*'''Vampireabilities:''' Kakistoswasanancientvampire,sooldhehaddevelopedclovenhooves and wasincapableofassuminghumanface.Hepossessedthesamepowersandvulnerabilitiesasothervampires, albeit to avast degree. Forinstance, he was able to effortlesslyshrugoffblowsfromFaithand[[BuffySummers|Buffy]]andoverpowered [[Angel]] inafight.

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===20thCentury===

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*'''Stakingresistance:'''Common sized stake were ineffective against him, penetrating his skin but not dusting him. He could only be dusted by a large wooden stake.

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At some point in time, Kakistos became the leader of the [[Cult of Antemorh]]. This vampire cult was thought to have been destroyed prior to World War I. [[Geoffrey Wyndam-Pryce]]'s father had died trying to destroying the cult and its leader. During World War I, Kakistos resurfaced and offered his services to Kaiser Wilhelm II. He reformedhis cult, gaining [[Crixus]] as his main lieutenant. Along with regular ground assaults on allied troops, Crixus had his vampires drop on enemy forces from planes and zephyrs and feed on or turn them. However, the vampires also attacked German forces occasionally. After each attack, the vampires would leave behind a symbol of their cult, painted with the victims' blood. Geoffrey Wyndam-Pryce, set out to finish what his father started. In France, Wyndam-Pryce formed an uneasy alliance with [[Angel]], and together they ended Kakistos's involvement in the war.<ref>''[[Angel: Blood and Trenches]]''</ref>

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*'''[[Empathy]]:''' He couldsense the presence of Angel's [[soul]].

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By 1940, Kakistos had moved to the Louisiana bayou, where he established a base. There, he granted [[Spike]] and [[Drusilla]] permission to hunt down a [[potential Slayer]].<ref name=S&D>''[[Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row]]''</ref>

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==Behind the scenes==

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*He was portrayed by [[Jeremy Roberts]].

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*Contrary to Giles' translation, "Kakistos" simply means "the worst" in Greek, without any superlative.

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*Kakistos appeared as a boss in the non-[[canon]] 2003 video game ''[[Chaos Bleeds (game)|Chaos Bleeds]]'', where Kakistos is resurrected by the [[First Evil]] as his champion against Faith. In the game, Kakistos could raise the dead and threatened do so to Buffy's [[Joyce Summers|deceased mother]], using this as a distraction to escape their first encounter. Buffy broke the [[spell]] with [[Spike]]'s help and Faith later killed him again.

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=== Sunnydale and the Slayer===

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==Appearances==

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*"[[Faith, Hope & Trick]]"

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{{Quote|I'm going to rip her spine out of her body, then I'm going to eat her heart and suck the marrow from her bones.|Kakistos|Faith, Hope & Trick}}

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*''[[Blood & Trenches]]''

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Years later, Kakistos was stationed somewhere around the East coast of America, possibly Boston. There, he confronted Slayer [[Faith Lehane]], kidnapping her [[Watcher]], [[Diana Dormer]]. After luring Faith to his lair, Kakistos ripped Dormer in two, and promptly captured Faith. Faith, however, was not as helpless as she seemed. With the aid of Artemia's spirit, she was able to land upon the Father both a sword slash to the groin and an axe wound that cleaved his face in two, a wound from which he would never fully recover. Faith was then able to set the support beams of his lair on fire, brining to entire structure crashing to the ground.<ref name=Malice/>

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Kakistos traveled to [[Sunnydale]] to hunt down Faith. With him came an entourage of his minions, most of them fanatical followers led by [[Mr. Trick]], Kakistos' right hand and a technophile, modern-minded vampire, who abandoned his mater to be slain by Faith and [[Buffy Summers]].

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{{Quote|There's a reason these vengeance crusades are out of style. It's the modern vampire who sees the big picture.|Mister Trick|Faith, Hope & Trick}}

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Kakistos was an old-minded, traditionalist vampire who revelled in the torture and mutilation of his victims. He seemigly did not approve of modern developments such as electric light, preferring to light his dwellings with candles instead. He had litle interest on modern comforts that would've allowed him to establish a power base with little effort. It was this short-sighteness that led Trick to abandon his Master to be dusted by the Slayers.

Kakistos was an incredibly old vampire, having cloven hooves and a demonic visage. He possessed the same powers as other vampires, but seemed less vulnerable to wood, requiring a larger amount to be dusted. He also could sense the presence of [[Angel]]'s soul.

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One unique power that he possessed was the ability to "home in" on anyone bearing [[Mark of Kakistos|his mark]]. In this way, Artemia assured a confrontation between him and Faith by possessing the girl and forcing her to have his mark tattooed on her arm.

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After killing Faith Lehane's unidentified first Watcher, Kakistos traveled to Sunnydale in 1998 to hunt down the Slayer herself. With him came an entourage of his minions, most of them fanatical followers led by Mr. Trick, Kakistos' right hand and a modern-minded vampire. Kakistos was finally slain by Faith who overcame her fear of him and impaled a four-by-four through his chest, staking and killing him.[1]

Kakistos was an old-minded, traditionalist vampire who reveled in the torture and mutilation of his victims. He seemingly did not approve of modern developments such as the electric light, preferring to light his dwellings with candles instead. He had little interest in modern comforts that would've allowed him to establish a power base with little effort. It was this short-sightedness that led Mr. Trick to abandon his master to be dusted by the Slayers.

Vampire abilities: Kakistos was an ancient vampire, so old he had developed cloven hooves and was incapable of assuming human face. He possessed the same powers and vulnerabilities as other vampires, albeit to a vast degree. For instance, he was able to effortlessly shrug off blows from Faith and Buffy and overpowered Angel in a fight.

Staking resistance: Common sized stake were ineffective against him, penetrating his skin but not dusting him. He could only be dusted by a large wooden stake.

Contrary to Giles' translation, "Kakistos" simply means "the worst" in Greek, without any superlative.

Kakistos appeared as a boss in the non-canon 2003 video game Chaos Bleeds, where Kakistos is resurrected by the First Evil as his champion against Faith. In the game, Kakistos could raise the dead and threatened do so to Buffy's deceased mother, using this as a distraction to escape their first encounter. Buffy broke the spell with Spike's help and Faith later killed him again.